From the Trenches to the Trencher: Leadership Transition

Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D.

You started your career path believing it would be bluegrass/bermudagrass and bed knives and then BAM! you’re responsible for leading a diverse, sometimes contrary, crew/board/committee. The transition from practitioner to leader is an obstacle course that includes getting through what seems to be a quagmire of policies, personalities and perceptions. In this 90-minute webcast, Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D., presents several descriptions of leadership - and those being led - to provide a foundation for choosing a leadership style or mantra for participants.

Original presentation date: Dec. 18, 2014

About the instructor

Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D., was an extension turfgrass specialist for more than two decades at the University of Nebraska before being appointed as head of the department of agronomy and horticulture. The department is discipline diverse and includes more than 70 faculty, more than 150 staff and nearly 400 undergraduates in disciplines ranging from agronomy to turf and landscape management. Gaussoin has written for Golf Course Management magazine and has taught seminars and webcasts for GCSAA. He was awarded GCSAA’s Distinguished Service Award in 2013.